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Win Butler and Régine Chassagne of Arcade Fire announce separation – but band will continue

In 2022, four women accused Butler of sexual misconduct alleging sexual assault and unwanted sexual messages

The Guardian - UK

“I had no idea that show would be my last. The whole thing felt like a divorce”: How Paz Lenchantin’s departure from the Pixies led to her first-ever solo album

She’s played in some of alternative music’s biggest bands. Now Lenchantin is back with a solo album fueled by a vintage P-Bass that Billy Corgan inspired her to buy

Guitar World

Alpha Maid: Is This a Queue review – Mica Levi collaborator pairs scuffed production with superb songwriting

Hook-laden tracks are woven through wandering instrumentals, ritualistic drum workouts and scrappy guitar jams

The Guardian - UK

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“Leonardo DiCaprio released a movie with the exact same storyline. It was as if he’d bugged the room! We scrapped the whole thing”: When fate intervened to destroy an art-rock record, its creators wrote an album about fate

New concept LP begins with the true story of a baggage handler who stole a plane and killed himself, and goes on to celebrate a fake cult based on a toy ball

Louder

Florence and the Machine review, Everybody Scream: Bloody, bewitching exultations

4/5 Inspired by a near-death experience, Florence Welch conjures up a fantastic collection of songs that find her wrestling with her role as a performer, her status among ‘the greats’, and who she is at home, away from her devoted followers

The Independent UK

"John Lennon walked past me and said, 'Great record'": The story of the Alice Cooper song that began as a failed single on an album one critic called "a tragic waste of plastic" but finished as a worldwide smash hit

Rehashing a psychedelic tune from the days of Alice Cooper (the band), the man himself fashioned an OTT accompaniment to the 1972 presidential election

Louder

Florence + the Machine: Everybody Scream review – alt-rock survivor surveys her kingdom with swagger

On her self-deprecating, viscera-flecked sixth record, Florence Welch picks apart the compulsions and contradictions of fame

The Guardian - UK

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Scott Sorry, former bassist with The Wildhearts, dead at 47

Singer-songwriter Scott Sorry also played with Brides Of Destruction and Sorry and the Sinatras

Louder

Dean Lewis responds to viral misconduct allegations: ‘I was breathtakingly dumb’

The Australian singer says he did nothing illegal

The Independent UK

Queens of the Stone Age at Royal Albert Hall: '2025's best gig?'

5/5 Josh Homme leads the band into new gothic crooning territory before blowing the roof off the hallowed Hall

Evening Standard

“A couple of Ace’s people were furious. I got cornered by a couple who were asking if I had a problem”: Justin Hawkins on his run-in with Ace Frehley – who saw the funny side to their ‘spat’

The Darkness frontman felt a good-natured tirade had landed him in hot water

Guitar World

“The fact that Martin was willing to do that for these guitars makes me really happy”: Jason Isbell’s new Martin signatures revive his prized pre-war acoustic – and it wasn’t an easy task

Two takes on Isbell’s prized acoustic have been joined by a signature string set

Guitar World

“Helped define Oasis’ sound”: Bonehead and Gem Archer both get signature Epiphones – and they’re recreations of 2 classic Oasis guitars

A gift from Noel Gallagher and a legendary 1984 Riviera helped shape the Oasis sound. Now, both are back as new signatures for the band's two loyal guitarists

Guitar World

“When I go, ‘Let’s try a Marshall,’ and we put it in, I go, ‘I don’t like that!’ Marshalls hurt my ears these days”: Ricky Byrd on tracking with Joan Jett, his Franken-Tele that sounds nothing like a Tele, and how sobriety has improved his playing

Byrd has seen the world of rock ’n’ roll go through changes, but one thing he’s stuck with is his “tricky” approach to playing – and he’s full of optimism for the future

Guitar World

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“This is a tip of a hat to Metallica for everything that they’ve done, and everything that we’ve done”: Dave Mustaine explains why Megadeth reimagined Ride The Lightning for their final album

Megadeth’s leader calls his sped-up rendition of the Metalli-classic a mark of “respect” towards his ex-bandmates

Guitar World

“A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to own a piece of history”: Jim Irsay’s billion-dollar guitar collection is going to auction, with legendary instruments from Kurt Cobain, Eric Clapton and David Gilmour up for grabs

With a wealth of record-breaking guitars among the collection, it promises to be the biggest guitar auction event of all time

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s dark in the US right now. But I turn on a light, you know?’: Mavis Staples on Prince, Martin Luther King and her 75-year singing career

As she releases a new album, the soul and gospel legend answers your questions on Stax Records, duetting with David Byrne, and the fight for civil rights

The Guardian - AU

Youth Group on Forever Young at 20 and gen X middle age: ‘Angst doesn’t go away just because you get older’

As the band return with their sixth album, Big Whoop, frontman Toby Martin reflects on fatherhood, mortality and their love-hate relationship with their biggest hit

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“I bumped into one of Queen’s techs. He said, ‘Steve, come down to the studio – the lads would love to see you’”: How Steve Howe ended up playing on a Queen track

The prog legend was asked to channel a flamenco icon for the spontaneous guest spot

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"We thought, 'Maybe we've taken death metal as far as it can go.'" Bungled million-dollar deals, getting wasted with Zakk Wylde and a housewrecking music video: how former extreme metal musicians made one of nu metal's biggest anthems

Unimpressed with black metal's headline-grabbing theatrics, Soil embraced their roots to make an all-time classic

Metal Hammer

“Not sure when we will be headed back out”: David Draiman says Disturbed need a “nice, long break” as controversial European tour comes to a close

Some of the metal band’s recent shows were rocked by cancellation and protests, in response to their singer signing an Israeli Defence Force artillery shell last year

MusicRadar

“One of the songs is a cover song but I actually wrote it, so it’s kind of like a cover, kind of like my song”: Are Megadeth set to include a version of Metallica's Ride The Lightning on their final album?

Dave Mustaine hinted at it earlier this year, and a new tracklisting has added fuel to the fire

MusicRadar

“When I hear myself sing that line, it sounds like I’m saying ‘hate'. So, that’s not good. I’m sorry, Lindsey. I’m calling him later”: Stevie Nicks seemingly confirms that she and Lindsey Buckingham are back on speaking terms

The pair appeared on the Song Exploder podcast to discuss their song Frozen Love

The Guardian - UK

Anna von Hausswolff: Iconoclasts review – exhilarating, euphoric goth songcraft

The Swedish experimental musician pivots from drones to spectacular pop melodies, with guest spots from Iggy Pop and Ethel Cain

Guitar World

“It’s fun to have shreddiness, but even my dad would say the best solos are the ones you can sing”: Wolfgang Van Halen reveals the Mammoth guitar solo that was inspired by Smells Like Teen Spirit

The Nirvana classic embodies some soloing advice that Wolfgang once got from his dad, the late, great Eddie Van Halen

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